With UFC 200 and international fight week just around the corner, Submission Radio returns with a massive episode! The show features interviews with Chael Sonnen, Stephen Thompson, Johny Hendricks, WWE Hall-of-Famer Jim Ross, UFC co-creator Campbell McLaren and MMA Fighting's Marc Raimondi. Also, Denis and Kacper answer your fan questions.
As always, the video above features clickable annotations and timestamps, and below is a rundown of what to expect on the episode. We hope you enjoy the show!
- "The American Gangster" Chael Sonnen returns (at the 1:46:28 mark) to discuss:
- UFC 200 and the match-up between Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt
- How good Brock Lesnar's wrestling really is and if Mark Hunt will knock him out
- How big of a draw Lesnar really is compared to Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor
- Fedor Emelianenko getting dominated by Fabio Maldonado and if he'd like to see him in the UFC
- What a Fedor signing does for the UFC these days
- GSP saying he'll return and fight Michael Bisping and how Chael sees the fight playing out
- Chael's interest in fighting GSP or Bisping
- His upcoming submission grappling tournament, and lots more.
- Stephen Thompson returns (at the 1:46:28 mark) to discuss:
- His recent win over Rory MacDonald
- How mentally gruelling the fight was and why it didn't play out like he expected
- The negative reaction and boos from the crowd
- The conversation he had with Rory backstage
- What the win does for him and his title campaign
- His thoughts on Tyron Woodley as a title challenger and why he wants to be the first man to dethrone Robbie Lawler
- His analyst position for the UFC 201 fight and what goes on behind the desk during commercial breaks
- His thoughts on Georges St-Pierre returning to the UFC
- His relationship with GSP and if he'd fight the former welterweight champion
- How he sees a fight between Michael Bisping and GSP playing out
- His prediction for the Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor rematch at UFC 202, and lots more!
- Johny Hendricks returns (at the 4:06 mark) to talk about:
- His upcoming fight against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 200
- How he coped with the loss to Stephen Thompson and what went wrong
- Not being able to spar prior to the Wonderboy fight
- Going back to his old ways and why he's still going to organize his own training camp
- The importance of being on a card like UFC 200
- How he sees the Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt fight playing out
- The past sparring sessions between him and Gastelum and why they didn't go well for Kelvin
- His wrestling compared to Kelvin's
- His thoughts on the potential return of GSP and why he doesn't yet believe that Georges St-Pierre is coming back
- The new weigh-in regulations and how they affect his cut, and more.
- Legendary WWE commentator and Hall of Famer Jim Ross returns (at the 23:16 mark) to discuss:
- Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt and how Jim sees it going down
- Each man's keys to victory
- How long Brock Lesnar has been in training for
- Whether Brock will stick around and have more fights in the future
- If Jim was surprised that the WWE and UFC could come to an agreement
- If a Lesnar loss hurts his reputation in the WWE and affects Summerslam
- Fedor Emelianenko's recent fight and if Jim would still be interested in a potential Brock Lesnar vs Fedor fight
- What he expects out of CM Punk's UFC debut at UFC 203 against Mickey Gall
- If this could lead to CM Punk making a WWE return
- Roman Reigns recently getting suspended and how this affects the former WWE champion, and lots more.
- UFC co-creator Campbell McLaren makes an appearance (at the 1:09:02 mark) to talk about:
- Originally basing the UFC on Mortal Kombat
- The stories behind bringing in Joe Rogan and Joe Silva
- The controversial marketing that lead to the sport being banned but also it's success
- UFC 200 as a spectacle and if he ever expected the sport to come so far
- The alleged UFC sale and he himself wanting to buy the UFC earlier this year
- His current project in Combate Americas, and more.
- Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting returns (at the 2:02:23 mark) to discuss MMA's current hot topics, including:
- Lesnar vs Hunt and it's placement on the card
- The recent Reebok wardrobe malfunctions
- Same-day weigh-ins
- If Dan Henderson title shot against Bisping makes sense
- How damaging it would be for Hendo to retire as middleweight champ
- GSP's potential return against Bisping
- How GSP would fare against elite middldweights like Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman
- The potential UFC Sale, and more!
- Our very own Lesnar/Hunt preview starts at (2:22:10), and to round out the show, Kacper and Denis answer your fan questions (at the 2:47:37 mark) and discuss who the MMA GOAT is!
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